Defense
Marconi Technologies Registers to Lobby on Defense
Marconi Technologies registered with Capital Park Partners LLC to lobby on defense matters, adding a Washington presence months after the Canadian defense...
U.S. Satellite Capabilities for Tracking Wildfires
NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites, which have provided critical wildfire observation data for years, are expected to cease operations by late 2026 or early...
Top 10 List: Lobbying Disclosures Week Ending 9/11
1. Graniti Vicentia LLC, represented by Vote America First LLC, disclosed $150,000 in second quarter 2026 lobbying activity. 2. &x20;. Nutramax Laboratories...
Patent Office Faces December Deadline In Reform Debate
Congress granted the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a short-term extension of its fee-setting power through December, but the real fight is just...
Chubb Lobbies on Federal Insurance Office
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. disclosed lobbying on issues related to the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in the second quarter of 2026. The insurer has also...
Bear River District Lobbies For Water Infrastructure Funding
Bear River Water Conservancy District (Utah) has engaged Bishop Consulting Group LLC to lobby on water infrastructure appropriations. The district's...
RazorX2 LLC Registers for Defense Lobbying
RazorX2 LLC registered as a new lobbying client with Ervin Graves Strategy Group LLC. The company provides software development and IT solutions for...
Committee Examines Disaster Tech as Weather Agencies Face Cuts
Artificial intelligence technologies are being applied to disaster risk reduction. A House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing titled...
PAYGO Scorecards: Billions Excluded to Avoid Cuts
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) was designed as a budget enforcement mechanism to ensure that new laws affecting mandatory spending or...
Federal Recognition of Native American Tribes Slows
Federal recognition of Indian tribes has slowed dramatically in recent years. A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report titled "Federal Recognition...
Army Corps Environmental Infrastructure Assistance
Environmental infrastructure assistance authorities, first authorized in 1992 under the Water Resources Development Act, support projects at publicly owned...
Subcommittee Will Examine Economy Act Fund Deployment
The House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government will examine how federal agencies deploy appropriated funds under the Economy Act, a...
Senate Judiciary Committee Will Examine FBI Oversight
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation on September 15, with FBI Director Kash Patel scheduled...
CoStar Ends Lobbying Engagement With Polaris
CoStar Group Inc. terminated its lobbying engagement with Polaris Consulting LLC effective June 30, ending a relationship that had generated $1.01 million...
Xiphos Partners Hires Capital Park Partners For Defense Lobbying
Xiphos Partners Inc. registered Capital Park Partners LLC as its lobbying firm on August 25. The defense contractor has lobbied on defense, budget, and...
Electricity Transmission Corridor Designations Stalled
The Department of Energy announced on August 12 that it would not proceed with designating three proposed National Interest Electricity Transmission...
Supreme Court Rejects Private Nondelegation Challenge
In 2025, the Supreme Court rejected a private nondelegation challenge involving universal service requirements for telecommunications carriers in Federal...
House Bill Provides $521M Less Than Census Bureau Request
The House Appropriations Committee's version of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which passed committee on May 13...